Mike Pence, the vice president of the United States, has said he doesn't believe that smoking kills

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by Rafi Letzter at Business Insider

http://www.businessinsider.com/mike-pence-smoking-doesnt-kill-2017-1

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Mike Pence, the vice president of the United States, has said he doesn't believe smoking kills people.

He made that case in an op-ed article published in 2000 and has made no public effort to update his position since.

"Time for a quick reality check," Pence wrote. "Despite the hysteria from the political class and the media, smoking doesn't kill. In fact, 2 out of every three smokers does not die from a smoking related illness and 9 out of ten smokers do not contract lung cancer."

Those statistics are questionable to the point of being ludicrous, largely because we keep discovering new ways that smoking is deadly. Those statistics would still be worrisome, however. About 40 million people smoke in the US, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. One out of every three current smokers dying from a smoking-related illness would therefore translate to about 13.3 million people dead. One out of 10 smokers developing lung cancer means 4 million sick people.


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Creepy

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Pence is not qualified to be asst mgr of a 7/11 let alone a governor or god forbid president

[raccoon]

2. What planet is this man living on? Think of all the celebrities

who have died from smoking-related illnesses.

Not to mention the millions of non-celebrities who have died...

[TrekLuver]

3. Does he own a tobacco company for cripes sake? That's the only folks I would think that

would be spouting this type of nonsense. Wow we really are turning the clocks back !

[Blue Idaho]

4. Big Tobacco got Pence by the balls.

That pretty much explains it.

[sarcasmo]

5. The CDC will be lucky to survive this administration.

[Wellstone ruled]

6. Oh boy,

as someone who has lost all of his In-Laws to Cancer attributed to Smoking,and being a non smoker for 16 years,what the hell fell on this Twit's Head. And this Guy was a Governor of a State with major portion of it's population suffer from smoking related Health issues.

[Ilsa]

7. Someone, please tell me he's a 3-pack-a-day-er.

For this post, this guy is an undertaker: --->

[50 Shades Of Blue]

8. Smoking killed my mother (lung cancer) so fuck him -- that evil monster

He's every bit as evil as Trump.

[LeftInTX]

9. Please take up chain smoking, Mr Pence

No less than 8 packs per day.
Or smoke 2 at a time and make it 16 packs per day.
We will watch from the sidelines.

[milestogo]

10. Then he should smoke up a storm with his wife and children and encourage cheetoman to do the same.

[HockeyMom]

11. Lucky Strikes didn't kill my Dad (40 years of it)

Jack Daniels did. Cirrhosis of the Liver. I suppose poisons come in many forms.

[msongs]

12. perhaps 64mil hillary voters could all mail him a pack of generic ciggies nt

[hells]

13. They really want to remove all of the progress that was made

Won't be surprised if we soon start seeing again the ads of tobacco companies that say how smoking doesn't kill and how it in fact is good for your health because it relieves stress.

[IMWITHHERR]

14. Sad

I honestly dont know which one is more evil, i lean towards MP as being worse then DJT. I'm really confused and very angry that these are our P ^ VP

[Yavin4]

15. Alternative Facts!

So,light up kids and enjoy that smoooth taste!

[dalton99a]

16. "To show our appreciation for so much power, we keep Heaven packed with fresh souls!"